Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the status and preparedness of public health response to COVID-19 and emphasised the need for strengthened surveillance with a focus on genome sequencing and increased testing.
Amid a fresh global surge in Covid-19 cases, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) Hospital in Patna stated on Thursday that it was focusing on making special arrangements for combating the disease.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday took on the Centre for "conspiring" to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying the central government which did not pay heed to Rahul Gandhi's precious advice during 2019 of the pandemic is now indulging in making excuses of the surge in Omicron cases.
"Bharatiya Janata Party's Janakrosh Yatra against the misrule of Congress, Jungle Raj, and corruption in Rajasthan was getting immense public support, but keeping in view the general precautions and instructions of Covid, it has been postponed till the next time in the public interest," said
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), an unit of the Ministry of Health and family welfare, will be taking a review of all Delhi-based Central Government hospitals on Covid-19 preparedness.
The meeting comes a day after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the coronavirus situation in a meeting with high level officials. He urged people to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour and get vaccinated against the virus. Emphasizing that COVID-19 is not over yet, he asked
Saamna- Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray camp's mouthpiece- on Thursday slammed the Centre government over its letter sent to Rahul Gandhi to follow Covid protocol in the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's letter to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asking them to follow COVID-19 guidelines strictly during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra has elicited diverse reactions from leaders.
CM Baghel was reacting to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's letter to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in which he asked them to follow COVID protocol during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, or the Yatra could be cancelled amid concerns over risin